Edward Wynne

Edward Wynne (1681 – 30 June 1755) of Plas Bodewryd, Bodewryd, Anglesey, was a Welsh lawyer and landowner, Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, an advocate at Doctors' Commons, and Chancellor of the Diocese of Hereford (1707–55) who has been regarded as "undoubtedly, one of the chief men of Anglesey in the first half of the 18th century." Education Wynne was part of the Wynn family from Plas Bodewryd, Anglesey. He was the younger son of Edward Wynn, who was rector of Llantrisant, Anglesey at the time of his son's birth in 1681, and his wife Margaret, who was the eldest daughter of Robert Morgan, Bishop of Bangor. Wynne's elder brother, John, died in infancy. Wynne was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, where he matriculated on 18 December 1698, aged 17. He obtained various degrees thereafter: Bachelor of Arts (1702), Master of Arts (1705), Bachelor of Civil Law and Doctor of Civil Law (both 1711). He was appointed to a Fellowship of the college in 1703, retaining this position until 1711. Career Wynne's uncle, Humphrey Humphreys, became Bishop of Hereford in 1701, and Humphreys appointed him Chancellor of Hereford in 1707. Wynne became an advocate in Doctors' Commons in 1712, his career being helped by the fact that his mother lived on the family estate at Plas Bodewryd, Anglesey and managed matters there until her death in 1723.